Bats are
important to our native ecosystems and our economy.
Did you know that Bats are responsible
for pollinating over 300 fruits---including mangoes, bananas, and guavas?
Bats also eat thousands of insects
in a single night---including mosquitoes and other pests, which saves the agriculture industry
between $3.7-53 billion dollars a year, making them a crucial contributor to
our food web!
Invasive plants can reduce insect diversity, which affects food availability for bats and choke up the flyways bats use for hunting and travel. On Saturday, October 29th, We're Pulling for Bats! Pulling invasive plants, that is!
Join us from 9:00-11:30AM to help restore native habitat in Hogtown Creek Headwaters Nature Park in Gainesville, FL.
Invasive plants can reduce insect diversity, which affects food availability for bats and choke up the flyways bats use for hunting and travel. On Saturday, October 29th, We're Pulling for Bats! Pulling invasive plants, that is!
Join us from 9:00-11:30AM to help restore native habitat in Hogtown Creek Headwaters Nature Park in Gainesville, FL.
- We provide gloves,
buckets, trash bags and bug spray!
- We will be removing Coral
ardisia & camphor by hand
- Wear long pants and closed toed
shoes
- Bring a reusable water bottle
- Carpool! It's always more
fun with friends!
- Please RSVP at the event page: We're Pulling for Bats!
- There will be prizes raffled
off!
This event is co-hosted by the City of Gainesville - Gainesville
Greenway Challenge and the University of
Florida/IFAS Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants for Bat Week 2016!
If you have any questions about this event, please get in touch! We hope to see you there!
